How do the local and distance options compare for the MSc in the Environmental Design of Buildings?
The two courses teach the same material to the same standard, have the same project work, and offer the same credits. The quality of the teaching material is as high as it is for local students. In fact it is because it was needed for the distance course that the material has been documented so thoroughly, and was subsequently made available to local students as well. The difference in teaching methods inevitably creates a difference in the detailed taught content and learning experience. We offer the distance option because it has obvious advantages to students who are unable to attend Cardiff, either because they cannot be free for a year as full-time students, or because they are too far away to travel for teaching days as part time students. Students take the same time to study each module as local students, but study only one at a time so it is easier for them to fit the study into a working schedule if they are in employment. There are drawbacks, of course. The distance course do
